King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4743
Transliteration: maqaq
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-kak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to decay, rot, fester, pine away
Meaning: to melt, to flow, dwindle, vanish
Word Summary
maqaq: to decay, rot, fester, pine away
Original Word: מָקַקTransliteration: maqaq
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-kak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to decay, rot, fester, pine away
Meaning: to melt, to flow, dwindle, vanish
Strong's Concordance
consume away, be corrupt, dissolve, pine away A primitive root; to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish -- consume away, be corrupt, dissolve, pine away.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4743. maqaq
[מָקַק] verb decay, rot, fester, figurative pine away (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic (ᵑ7) מְקַק); —
Niph`al Perfect3plural נָמַ֫קּוּ Psalm 38:6, ׳וְנ consecutive Isaiah 34:4; Ezekiel 4:17; 2masculine plural וּנֶמַקֹּתֶם consecutive 24:23; Imperfect3feminine singular תִּמַּק Zechariah 14:12; 3masculine plural יִמַּ֫קּוּ Leviticus 26:39, יִמָּ֑קּוּ 26:39; 3feminine plural תִּמַּקְנָה Zechariah 14:12; Participle plural נְמַקִּים Ezekiel 33:10; —
1 fester, of wounds Psalm 38:6 ( + הבאישׁ, see באשׁ).
2 rot, rot away, ׃ בְּפִיֶהם תִּמִק וּלְשׁוֺנוֺ בְחֹרֵיהֶן תִּמַּקְנָה עֵתנָיו Zechariah 14:12 (plague upon foes of Jerusalem).
3. moulder away, of הַשָּׁמַיִם צְבָא Isaiah 34:4 ("" הַשָּׁמַיִם כַּסֵּפֶר וְנָנֹלוּ.
4. of pining away by reason of (בְּ), as punishment for, iniquity Ezekiel 4:17; 24:23; 33:10; Leviticus 26:39 (twice in verse).
Hiph`il Infinitive absolute הָמֵק, transitive ׳ה בְּשָׂרוֺ Zechariah 14:12 a causing his flesh to rot.